(via The Producer’s Perspective: ‘Stop Telling Me You Can’t Afford Theater Tickets!’)So the next time you find yourself saying “Theater tickets are too expensive,” stop yourself. Man up and admit it. Say, “I don’t find enough value in going to the theater.”
I am totally guilty of this. But this week I actually am paying to go to the theater - twice. Paying more than I usually pay. And right now I am making less than I need to live on at my “survival” job, so $20/week to see theater is $20/week I don’t have to do something else, like, say, buy groceries or keep the electricity on in my apartment.
I wanted to see ‘American Idiot’ before it closed. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Do I think it was an important piece of theater that will change the American stage? No. Did I think the aerial dream ballet featuring a woman in a burqa was ridiculous? Absolutely. Do I think Jesse was smarter than me by rushing the show and saving $30? Yes, but sometimes you (and by that I mean I) pay for the convenience of not busting my ass to get to Midtown to wait in line and then hang around for a couple of hours instead of going to the gym.
I also just got a ticket to see Lynn Nottage’s latest ‘By the Way, Meet Vera Stark’ at 2nd Stage thanks to the Works By Women Meet Up group. I work all day Sunday in Brooklyn, so I am not looking forward to rushing over to Manhattan after work, but I love Nottage’s work, and a $32.50 is probably the best deal I am likely to get, particularly if the reviews are good. Nottage is one of my favorite living playwrights right now, and I feel confident that this new production, directed by Jo Bonney, will be engaging, smart, poignant and enjoyable. I was really glad I got to see ‘Ruined’ at MTC. It is a performance that has stayed with me, and I regret that I have not had the opportunity to see ‘Intimate Apparel’ or ‘Fabulation’ on stage because they literally leaped into my mind when I read them on the page.
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